Originally posted by Ricku2:I was just checking out Monza (Italy) on google maps and by coincidence I noticed a supermarket called U2 supermercato.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6449673,9.2660088,3a,37.5y,313.51h,92.19t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sUu6KIowfU4Djyq0czJcoSw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DUu6KIowfU4Djyq0czJcoSw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D45.894535%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
I thougt PopMart was the only U2 supermarket, but there seems to be an entire chain of U2 supermercato's in the north of Italy/Milano area (https://u2supermercato.unes.it/). Anybody knows the story behind that name and has it something to do with our band?? I can understand the logic behind the U2 metrolines in Berlin and Vienna, but why would you name a supermarket U2 (other than you just love the band)??
Originally posted by Ricku2:I was just checking out Monza (Italy) on google maps and by coincidence I noticed a supermarket called U2 supermercato.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6449673,9.2660088,3a,37.5y,313.51h,92.19t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sUu6KIowfU4Djyq0czJcoSw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DUu6KIowfU4Djyq0czJcoSw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D45.894535%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
I thougt PopMart was the only U2 supermarket, but there seems to be an entire chain of U2 supermercato's in the north of Italy/Milano area (https://u2supermercato.unes.it/). Anybody knows the story behind that name and has it something to do with our band?? I can understand the logic behind the U2 metrolines in Berlin and Vienna, but why would you name a supermarket U2 (other than you just love the band)??
Originally posted by Ricku2:I was just checking out Monza (Italy) on google maps and by coincidence I noticed a supermarket called U2 supermercato.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6449673,9.2660088,3a,37.5y,313.51h,92.19t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sUu6KIowfU4Djyq0czJcoSw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DUu6KIowfU4Djyq0czJcoSw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D45.894535%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
I thougt PopMart was the only U2 supermarket, but there seems to be an entire chain of U2 supermercato's in the north of Italy/Milano area (https://u2supermercato.unes.it/). Anybody knows the story behind that name and has it something to do with our band?? I can understand the logic behind the U2 metrolines in Berlin and Vienna, but why would you name a supermarket U2 (other than you just love the band)??
Originally posted by Welsh_Edge:[..]
It looks like it’s a subsidiary of ‘Unes’ so ‘Unes 2’ shortened to ‘U2’.
Originally posted by Ricku2:[..]
yes ok, but unlike the metrolines which are just numbered consistently U1, U2, U3, U4, this seems to be a deliberate choice for U2. Your explanation clearly makes sense, but I guess there still where many other options available.
Originally posted by davec82:[..]
Depending on the store size:
U! 600 -> 1500 m²
U2 400 -> 1000 m²
etc
Originally posted by Ricku2:[..]
ok, we have these kind of constructions in Holland as well, but they choose different names;
AH -> AH to Go (not AH2)
Coop -> SuperCoop (not Coop2 of C2)
Jumbo -> Jumbo City (not Jumbo2 or J2)
So, U2 makes sense in some ways, but it's not like it was the only logical option. So I still wonder what made them choose the name U2 in the end.